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August 23, 1977

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Bottom 9 R H E
Padres 6 9 3
Pirates 6 8 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Padres 6 9 3
Pirates 7 9 1

Al Oliver Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .298
OBP .250 .333
At Bats 4 449
Hits 1 134
• Singles 1 91
• Doubles 0 24
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 0 14
Walks 0 24
RBI’s 0 63

Rollie Fingers Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
8 4 28
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Three Rivers Stadium - August 23, 1977
Rollie Fingers
Gene Tenace
Gene Richards
Mike Champion
Mike Ivie
Bill Almon
Jerry Turner
George Hendrick
Dave Winfield
Al Oliver

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
San Diego Padres 6 9 3 6
Pittsburgh Pirates 7 9 1 10
Winning Pitcher Rich Gossage
Losing Pitcher Rollie Fingers
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Al Oliver
Attendance 8,105
Time of Game 2 hours 45 minutes
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Oliver hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Ivie strikes out.
Top 9 Tenace hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 9 Almon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Rich Gossage now pitching. Turner is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ivie fields it and tags Garner, for the out. Parker moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 8 Parker is walked intentionally.
Bottom 8 Fingers fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Fingers. Garner moves to third.
Bottom 8 Gonzalez hits a fly ball into left field. Turner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Taveras tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 8 Rollie Fingers now pitching. Jerry Turner now playing left field. Gene Tenace now catching. Gene Richards now playing first base. Garner takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Bobby Tolan pinch hits for Larry Demery. Tolan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Almon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Taveras hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ivie picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Ivie. Dyer goes all the way around to score. Taveras moves to third.
Bottom 8 Gene Richards now playing left field. Dyer takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Roberts hits a fly ball into right field. Parker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Champion takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Kingman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Omar Moreno now playing center field. Al Oliver now playing left field. Fernando Gonzalez now playing third base. Winfield hits a popup, foul, towards first. Robinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Omar Moreno pinch hits for Dale Berra. Moreno hits a ball on the ground towards first. Tenace scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Moreno for the out.
Bottom 7 Oliver hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Robinson hits a popup towards third. Ivie settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Parker hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kingman throws the ball in to Champion who tags Parker, trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Top 7 Hendrick hits a fly ball into center field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Ivie hits a fly ball into center field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Larry Demery now pitching. Tenace strikes out.
Bottom 6 Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ivie fields it and throws to home to get Taveras. Garner moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 6 Garner takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Ott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Almon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 There goes Taveras. The throw from Roberts and he is safe. Taveras steals third.
Bottom 6 Ed Ott pinch hits for Jerry Reuss. The ball gets by Roberts for a passed ball. Taveras moves to second.
Bottom 6 Taveras hits a ball on the ground towards short. Almon fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Dan Spillner now pitching. Dyer takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Almon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Merv Rettenmund pinch hits for Dave Freisleben. Rettenmund hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kingman scores.
Top 6 Roberts strikes out.
Top 6 Champion bunts in front of the plate. Dyer fields it and throws to first for the out. Kingman moves to second.
Top 6 Kingman takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Berra hits a fly ball into left field. Kingman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Champion scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Robinson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 5 Parker takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Gonzalez hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Winfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Winfield hits a ball on the ground towards third. Berra fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Hendrick hits a line drive into center field. Oliver picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Oliver. Tenace scores. Ivie moves to third. Hendrick moves to second.
Top 5 Ivie hits a ball on the ground towards third. Berra fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. Freisleben scores. Tenace moves to second.
Top 5 Tenace hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Freisleben moves to third. Almon moves to second.
Top 5 Almon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Freisleben moves to second.
Top 5 Freisleben takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Roberts hits a ball on the ground towards third. Berra fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Garner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Almon fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Reuss takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 There goes Taveras. The throw from Roberts and he is safe. Taveras steals second.
Bottom 4 Taveras hits a ball on the ground towards short. Almon fields it and throws to second for the out. Berra moves to third.
Bottom 4 Dyer takes first base on ball four. Berra moves to second.
Bottom 4 Berra takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Freisleben fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Champion hits a fly ball into left field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Kingman hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Garner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Winfield hits a line drive towards short. Taveras reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Robinson hits a fly ball into center field. Hendrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Parker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Champion misplays the ball. That's an error on Champion. Parker moves to second.
Bottom 3 Gonzalez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Garner scores.
Bottom 3 Garner hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Hendrick. Garner reaches second base with a double. Taveras scores.
Bottom 3 Reuss bunts towards third. Ivie fields it and throws to first for the out. Taveras moves to third.
Bottom 3 There goes Taveras. The throw from Roberts and he is safe. Taveras steals second.
Bottom 3 Taveras hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Hendrick hits a fly ball into right field. Parker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Ivie hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Gonzalez. Ivie reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Tenace hits a popup towards short. Taveras settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Almon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Dyer hits a fly ball into right field. Winfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Berra hits a ball on the ground towards short. Almon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Oliver hits a fly ball into right field. Winfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Freisleben strikes out.
Top 2 Roberts hits a fly ball into center field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Champion hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Kingman strikes out.
Bottom 1 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ivie fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 1 Parker hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Gonzalez moves to second.
Bottom 1 Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Almon fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Garner takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Winfield hits a fly ball into right field. Parker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Hendrick hits a fly ball into right field. Parker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Ivie tags and scores.
Top 1 There's a wild pitch. Ivie moves to third.
Top 1 Ivie hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Gonzalez. Ivie reaches second base with a double. Almon scores.
Top 1 Tenace hits a ball on the ground towards third. Berra fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Almon hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Oliver who is chasing the ball. Almon reaches third base with a triple.